Shoe-dummy.



V. W. SMITH.

SHOE DUMMY.

APPLICATION m59 JUNE s. 1915.

1,160,541. PatentedN0v-1, :1915,

UNITED STA s rAfrnermee.

VINAL WT. SMITH, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSGNOR TO SIMPL'EX SAMPLE SYSTEM INC., OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATIONA SHOE-DUMMY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. MS, iQJi'.

Application filed .Tune 8, 1915. Serial No. 32,981.

mies, for illustrating the style, finish, ma-

terial. and other clihraezeristics ot' a shoe, in flat form.

Prior to. my invention, shoe-upper-sections have been cut out to represent the .outline of a shoe, but 'with this arangement, the upper was,v not held in such forni as to give a .saitist'actoriTV idea ot' the appearance of the shoe, and I have previimsly mounted the attached upper-sections on a Card, but have found this method to he unsatisfactory, as it ditlicult to mount the upper so that it will he flat and unwrinkled, andthe device is unfinished in appearance.

The. object ot' my present invention is to provide a means for making a shoe dummy in which the attached upper-sections maf.' he supported in fiat form, and stretched tightly, so that.they will lie flat and smooth, and so to give a rounding' eiiect at the edfije, to give the dummy. more.nearly the appear ance ot a shoe. I accomplish this object by the means shown in the accon'ipanving drawing. in which Figure 1 illustrates a shoe-dummy made accordii j to my invention. Fig. is a sectional `view on the line 2 2 ot' Fig. l. showing the parte on an enlarged scale. Figs. 3 and -l are detail views, showing the torination oit' the edge-portion of the upper and its support. respectively. Fig. is a detail sectional view on the lino :vr-5 ot Fie". 1, showing,y the parts on an enlarged scale. Fig. t3 is n view oi the inner side ot` the upper support.

Wemdingy tomy invention i provide a .stitl' card. or mount o, similar to an ordinariY photographic mount, which will he of suitahlo size tor the purpose.y l l'urthcr providealiattorn1/1,ot heavycardhoard.out out to corrcspoml to thel outline. or profilo oi a shoe. in mahinfr thodummlv,upper sections n, which may he ot leather, or cioth, or both, arc attached in the torni to represent the upper ot the shoe` ot which the Vtorno. is a reproduction in profile, each section thereof beingpracticallyY a projection ot a correspending` part of a shoe upper, and correspondincy thereto both in shape,r and in niaterial. ot which it is to he made.

'The piece, formed ot the connected sections c, is made to provide an edge-portion 0, which projects a suitable distancel bevond the line corresponding to the outline ot the form o, said piece is placed on the form and stretched tightly thereover, and said edge-portion c is lient ahout the edge ot the form and turned hack against the inner side thereof. Before this is done, however. theinner side ot the. piece is sltived, or reduced in thickness, from itsI edge, to a line which lies within said edge-portion c". The edge-portion ot the form is also skived preferably on the side to which the connected sections c are applied, although the particular side on which this is done is not a matter of vitalimportance, as the torni is flexible.

After the connected sections c have been stretched over the t'orin, the edge-portions c of the sections are turned hac-h beneath the shived portion otl the form /1 and secured to the torni hy cel'nent, and as the'mateiial removed by skiving is less than the total thickness ot' the sections o, a continuous surtace is provided between the inner side ot' the support and tl 4:.surtace ot' the upper. Said l'orm o, withlthe upper sections thereon, is then placed on the mount and held liat thercagainst loy an adhesive, the edgeportion ot the torni beingY lient slightly so that its side next the mount is fiat.

'The edge-portion ot' the torm o is skived to such a sharp edge andthe edge-portion oi the upper is skivcd so thin at the point whore it is hent ahout said edge, that the surface ot the upper scction practicallyslopcs to the surface oi the mount, and a hevol is thus produced at this point, 2giving a slight ronmlinel eli'rct at the edge, so that the duuuntv represents a wholeshoe, in appearance, somewhat' het-ter than the dumnrv7 were ahsolutcly llat throughout.

A strip ot leather rl is scoured to the mount against the bottom odge ot the term to give tho appearance pli a sole-edge,

ll the shoe has a lacing, then the lacing e to he. represented, will he passed through the eyelets t'ormcd in the upper ond through hoth the form and the mount on which it is held, as shown in Figs. 2 and (i, thus showy ing the lacing as it would appear on an acouter surface of said form, and having edgeportions extending about its edges and turned back onto' and secured to its inner side. 4 i

2. A shoe-dummy comprising a mount, a flat form shaped to correspondxto the outline of a shoe, and secured to said mount, so

that it iies flat thereon except at the edges, and attached sections representing projections of a shoe upper, stretched over the outer surface of said forni, and having edgeportions extended about its edges, turned back onto its inner side and secured thereto,

the edge-portions of said sections and of said form being skivedto provide a continuous flat surface on the inner side of the form extending to its edge.

3. A shoe-dummy comprising a mount, a'v

fiat forni shaped to correspond to the outline of a shoe, and secured to said mount, so that 1t lies jliat thereon except at. the edges, and

attached sections,l representing projections of a shoe upper, stretched over the outer side of said form and having edge-portions extended about its edges, turned back onto the inner side thereof, and secured thereto, the edge-portions of said sections and of said form being oppositely slrived, and the outer surface of the edge-portion of the 'form being inclined to the surface of the mount to hold the edge-portion of said sections at a corresponding inclination.

4.' A shoe-dummy comprising a mount, a

fiatv form attached thereon and formed to correspond tothe profile of a shoe, upper.

sections drawn closely over said form and about its edge, and connected thereto at its inner side, and a leather strip representing a sole-edge, attached to the surface of the mount ,and 'held against the edge of the form. y

5. A shoe-dummy `comprising a mount', a fla-t form shaped to correspond to the outline of a shoe and secured to'said mount so that it lies flat thereon except at the edges, and attached sections, representing projections of ashoe upper, stretched over the outer surface of said forni, and havin-g edgeportions extending about its edge and turned back onto and secured to its inner side, and shoe lacings extending through said sections, form,'and mount. ,i

In testimony whereof, I have signed my naine to this specification.

vYIYAL IV. SMITH.

Vitness y GEORGE MITCHELL. 

